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    George Maxwell Robeson (March 16, 1829 – September 27, 1897) was an American politician and lawyer from New Jersey. A brigadier general in the New Jersey...
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  • Robeson (1895–1965), wife and business manager of singer Paul Robeson George M. Robeson (1829–1897), American politician and lawyer Kenneth Robeson,...
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  • Jersey, father of John Patterson Bryan Maxwell. Maxwell's nephew George M. Robeson was United States Secretary of the Navy and also sat in Congress....
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    Belknap was a college contemporary of Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson, who was one year behind Clymer and Belknap at Princeton. After graduation...
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    Paul Leroy Robeson (/ˈroʊbsən/ ROHB-sən; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football...
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    ) George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy – (Naval Department Ring- 1876) (Grant defended Robeson in State of the Union address. Grant believed Robeson had...
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    replace Borie, Grant appointed a former New Jersey public prosecutor George M. Robeson. For Secretary of Interior, Grant appointed former Ohio governor and...
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    traditional for American ships to be given American names. His successor, George M. Robeson, had most of these ships reverted to their original names a few months...
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    Ulysses S. Grant (category George Washington University trustees)
    and resigned. Grant then appointed New Jersey's attorney general, George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy. Former Ohio Governor Jacob D. Cox (Interior),...
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    Virginius Incident, President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson ordered the Monadnock laid down (scrapped and reconstructed) contracted...
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    other events, they were not erected until 1872. Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson had ordered the urns be made at the Washington Navy Yard using melted...
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    exposition, which was dedicated on July 4, 1873, by Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson. The Commission decided to classify the exhibits into seven departments:...
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    1874 by order of President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson in response to the Virginius Incident laid down (scrapped and rebuilt)...
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    United States Navy issued on 8 April 1875 by Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson, provided for the enlistment, with parental consent, of boys between...
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    replacement. Initially, Grant had Secretary George M. Robeson run both the War Department and the Navy Department. Robeson, however, had told Grant that the two...
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    Congress, which was reduced from 222 to 221 after the expulsion of Republican George Santos on December 1, 2023. It was reduced additionally upon the resignation...
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    had no ship capable of defeating such a vessel. US Secretary of War George M. Robeson believed a US naval resurgence was necessary. Congress hastily issued...
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    1874 by order of President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson in response to the Virginius Incident was laid down (scrapped and...
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  • when his leave of absence was rescinded by Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson due to protest from Minister Bingham, a staunch peace advocate who...
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  • Representative from New Jersey 1837–39 1841–43. Son of George C. Maxwell. George M. Robeson (1829–1897), Attorney General of New Jersey 1867–69, U.S...
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    grandfather of George Griswold Frelinghuysen II, who married Anne de Smolianinof; Estelle C. "Suzy" Frelinghuysen, who married fellow painter George Lovett Kingsland...
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    Grant's Secretary for nearly eight years, George Robeson. Whatever was the situation caused or allowed by Robeson's handling of the Navy, Thompson offered...
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    National Committee 1881–1896 Succeeded by Henry Clay Payne Preceded by George M. Robeson Chair of the New Jersey Republican Party 1880–1891 Succeeded by John...
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  • and again from 1841 to 1843. He was the son of George C. Maxwell and the first cousin of George M. Robeson, both of whom also served in the House of Representatives...
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    feud with Grant's appointed Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson. The controversy centered around Robeson wanting to have Senator A.G. Cattell appointed...
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  • Republican 1857 – 1859 Re-elected in 1856 as a Republican. Retired. George M. Robeson Republican 1st 1879 – 1883 Elected in 1878. Lost re-election to Ferrell...
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    Penrose Eli Kirk Price II Samuel Rea William T. Read George M. Robeson Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Joseph George Rosengarten Robert Montgomery Scott Thomas A. Scott...
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    was commissioned by President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of Navy George M. Robeson. Intrepid, like the other torpedo rams, was a product of the confusion...
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    abandoned by Taft. A revolt against Cannon's authority as Speaker, led by George W. Norris, was a contributing factor to the Republican Party split in the...
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    the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021. Bacon, Lance M. (2 May 2016). "Congressman: I'll 'keep fighting like a bulldog' to rename...
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